Monthly Archives: September 2013

Fri 6th September 2013
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Coming soon to a computer near you! - ACCESS DENIED We are sorry to inform you that you have been temporarily blocked from this website. Your IP Address or perhaps someone from the same geographical area as you has been tracked visiting one or more websites and requesting large amounts of content in a short amount of time. This has caused your IP Address to be flagged as a possible bot, spider, crawler, spyware, or some other malware. In general, we do not allow bots, spiders, or crawlers to access our websites. This is not ... read more ...
 
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Čelní představitelé odvětví mobilní komunikace hodlají vytvořit … - Čelní představitelé tohoto odvětví se dohodli, že pokud se žádostí uspějí a ICANN jim mobilní doménu nejvyšší úrovně udělí, vytvoří pro účely řízení této domény nový společný podnik. Mobilní doména nejvyšší úrovně by byla důležitým krokem k propojení světa mobility a internetu ku prospěchu zákazníků i celého mobilního odvětví. Mobilní doména nejvyšší úrovně na internetu vytváří příležitost k efektivnějšímu využívání nových ... read more ...
 
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.Eu Issues 2nd Quarter Report & Ends Quarter with 3.7 Million Registered Domain Names - Eurid,the company behind .EU extension,released its Q2 2013 progress report tonight.(pdf) The report shows that .EU registrations increased in 13 of the 28 EU Member States to reach 3.70 million domain names Bulgaria,Slovenia and Austria saw a growth of more than 5%, however total number of .Eu registrations actually declined in the 2nd quarter despite a renewal rate of 85% . During Q2 2013, the number of .eu registrations decreased by 18,837 domain names, a net loss of 0.5%, to 3.70 million. The ... read more ...
 
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Is ICANN Looking To Move From US Jurisdiction to Switzerland? - According to a taped interview with the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehade at the Asia-Pacific Regional IGF in Seoul, ICANN is looking to “Become an International Organization and indicted that ICANN would consider setting up a legal structure in Switzerland which to some means that ICANN maybe looking to move jurisdictions from the United States to Switzerland. ICANN currently is based on California and incorporated under the laws the state of California and the United States. ICANN also has non-profit ... read more ...
 
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American Airlines Files UDRP Over F Bomb Domain Name - American Airlines filed a UDRP on the domain name f*ckamericanairlines.com today with the National Arbitration Forum While we are use to seeing companies going after “sucks” domains its pretty rare to see a company going after a domain containing the F bomb. This appears to be only the 8th UDRP ever filed over a domain containing the F Bomb and only the 2nd since 2007. By contrast there have been 107 UDRP filed over domains containing the word “sucks”. The domain F*ckAmericanAirlines.com ... read more ...
 
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Jim Grace joins Team Internet - Domain monetization company hires Jim Grace as Director of Business Development. Team Internet AG, the company behind domain parking service ParkingCrew and zero click solution DNTX, has hired Jim Grace as Director of Business Development. Grace was most recently Director of Monetization for Domain Holdings. Prior to that he spent seven years at Oversee.net, parent company of domain parking company DomainSponsor. “[COO] Stefan [Wiegard] and I have known Jim for ... read more ...
 
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“You gotta adore a O.co” - Stadium in Oakland still spreading awareness about .co domain names. Depending on who you ask, Overstock and the o.co domain name have either been the best thing or the worst thing to ever happen to .co domain names. Overstock is generally no longer using o.co here in the U.S., but it is using it internationally. There’s one exception to this stateside: the stadium in Oakland is still called the O.co Coliseum. That means .co gets lots of branding impressions every ... read more ...
Thu 5th September 2013
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Islamic Republic of Iran Wants .Islam and .Halal Managed and Operated by the … - The Islamic Republic of Iran in a letter to ICANN said that the new gTLD applications of .ISLAM and .HALAL “should be managed and operated by the Muslim community through a neutral body that represents the different sections and segments of the Muslim community including Governments, NGOs and IGOs, Private Sector, Academia, as different stakeholders of internet in the this community.” The applicant for .islam and .halal is a private corporation, Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San. ve Tic. ... read more ...
 
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Free domains put Mali back on the map – for phishing - When the African nation of Mali announced that it was going to provide free .ml domains from July, their goal was to put Mali back on the map. It appears they have now succeeded, but perhaps not in the way they had intended — thanks to the free domains, Mali now has the most phishy top-level domain of any country in the world. Nearly 6% of the .ml domains in Netcraft's survey are currently blocked for hosting phishing sites, making it by far the phishiest TLD. In comparison, the second most phishy ... read more ...
 
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Gabon provides .GA domain names for free – PR - Gabon liberalizes its national domain and adopts an innovative business model by giving its .GA domain names away for free. Today the My GA Registry opened up registration for .GA domains.  My GA – the Gabon domain name – is operated by the Agence Nationale des Infrastructures Numeriques et des Frequences (ANINF) who pledges to make this national resource as open and easy to use as any generic Top Level Domain, while carrying the Gabonese identity on the internet. Free domain names will ... read more ...
 
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DOTZON warnt vor potenziellen Gefährdungen für lokale Netzwerke … - Berlin (ots) - IT- und Netzwerk-Administratoren verwenden seit jeher für die Benennung von Netzwerken und angeschlossenen Geräten eingängige Namen. Beispiele für solche Namen sind fritz.box, netz.berlin, server.web, .vpn, .host oder .local. Nach der von der Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) veröffentlichten Studie "Name Collision in the DNS" könnte es künftig zu Konflikten zwischen neuen Top-Level-Domains und solchen Namen kommen. "Diese durchaus gängige und bisher ... read more ...
 
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Guest Post: No Summer Slowdown in .TV! Legacy Fund closes NF.tv for $20,000! - This is a guest post by Ammar Rangwala who has been invested in .TV since December 2005.  Ammar owns 250+ top .TV generic properties between both of his companies.  He believes the .TV space provides the best rate of return from an investment standpoint. Started on the Internet in the late 90′s using PC Board (PCB), Wildcat and other forms of bulletin board systems. Worked in banking, real estate, distressed debt and finance for 10+ years. ” (note: Ammar is a client of MostWantedDomains.com ... read more ...
 
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Islamic Republic of Iran Wants .Islam and .Halal Managed and Operated by a Muslim Community - The Islamic Republic of Iran in a letter to ICANN said that the new gTLD applications of .ISLAM and .HALAL “should be managed and operated by the Muslim community through a neutral body that represents the different sections and segments of the Muslim community including Governments, NGOs and IGOs, Private Sector, Academia, as different stakeholders of internet in the this community.” The applicant for .islam and .halal is a private corporation, Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San. ve Tic. Ltd. ... read more ...
 
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International SEO: Top-Level Domains, Subdomains & Subdirectories - SEO for international targets has many facets, all of which require a slightly different approach than SEO within a single country. One of the most important items is how you structure your domain name and your URL. To signify the country the website is targeting and/or language the website is in, you can approach this in one of three ways, including: Using a top-level domain name (TLD) Using subdomains Using subdirectories Top-Level Domains (TLDs) A top-level domain is the extension that follows ... read more ...
 
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Medium.com: “Trading Domain Names Should Be Banned” - “I started a company called Surgeonfish. It develops and sells sportscare products. ” “It owns the following domains .eu, .de, .hu .info .org .biz and with a dash surgeon-fish.com. : “You noticed one omission? The dotcom is missing.” At the time of founding the surgeonfish.com domain had a sort of search engine on it. It did not interfere with us, so we did not care. Then they went defunct and the domain got into the hands of some domain sharks. The lowest offer I could type in in their ... read more ...
 
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2 pointed changes to GoDaddy.com that are a large understanding to a domain industry - GoDaddy drops the .com and the ubiquitous drop down box for domain name search. GoDaddy rolled out a new marketing message and site enhancements overnight. There are two subtle changes to GoDaddy.com that are actually a big deal to the new top level domain name and domain investor communities. First, GoDaddy dropped the .com from its logo. It announced this change during a conference for new TLD applicants in March. Although it has been dropping .com from some of ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy says It’s Go Time: new marketing, softened site - Company debuts new image and simplified user experience. GoDaddy rolled out a new marketing program and site enhancements today that are a big step forward from its old marketing approach. A couple years ago the company decided it needed to show that it was a serious tech company. The result was a sort of Jekyll Hyde in its TV commercials showing its tech side…right next to a scantily clad woman. But this time the company is dropping the provocative women altogether. The ... read more ...
 
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How to write a minute to ICANN for limit impact - Get noticed! Get your opinion heard! Here’s a guide to sending a letter to ICANN. ICANN is somewhat unique in that it publishes much of the correspondence it receives. This means a lot of interest groups and stakeholders in the ICANN process tailor their letters for public consumption, not for ICANN. For this reason, I’ve put together a handy guide on how you can get the most out of your letter to ICANN. Address your letter to ICANN’s CEO, Board, and everyone ... read more ...
Wed 4th September 2013
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Share.TV and KeepSmart.com Hit With UDRP’s - Two generic domain names got hit with UDRP’s today Share.tv which has a creation date of 2010 was hit with a UDRP. While the complainant is not yet listed I’m going to guess its the owner of ShareTv.Org which says they have over 200,000 registered users. According to Screenshots.com there hasn’t been much of the domain since 2010 when it was parked. Another domain hit with a UDRP today is KeepSmart.com which is owned by a lawfirm. KeepSmart.com is owned by Lawline.com, CLE Inc. KeepSmartx.com ... read more ...
 
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Examples of Where ICANN Can Be More Accountable - During the "GNSO Discussion with the CEO" at the recent ICANN meeting in Durban, I stated that ICANN talks a lot about the importance of supporting the public interest, but in reality the organization's first priority is protecting itself and therefore it avoids accountability and works very hard at transferring risks to others. In response to my comments, ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé asked me to provide him examples of where ICANN can be more accountable. Copied below is my response letter to Chehadé, ... read more ...
 
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Killer Domain Tv.Org Dropping Tomorrow; BSF.com In Auction Already - A couple of Dropping domains worth noting. A truly great domain name is on the drop list for tomorrow, Tv.Org The domain was owned by TSL of Panama which seemed to have acquired the domain in 2009. The original registrant of the domain seems to be the late Igal Lichtman who owned the domain back in 2004 then it went under privacy until 2007 where is showed  NetrinoUK Limited  of London as the Registrant. The domain went back under privacy until 2009 when the domain transferred to  Brooke Viner ... read more ...
 
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ICANN winnows down possible new gTLDs - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers says it's winnowed down the number of potential new generic top level domains to 1,745 possibilities after having concluded the initial evaluation phase. ICANN has already signed registry agreements allowing for new gTLDs--the Arabic word for "web or network," the Russian word for "online," and for "website," and the Chinese word for "game." Among the proposed web suffixes that won't be permitted is .patagonia, which outdoor wear maker ... read more ...
 
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Check.Me At Auction In 2010 For $2,500, Raises $24 Million More in Funding - The domain name Check.me was at a Sedo auction with a reserve price of $2,500 back in 2010. Today according to to The Term Sheet, Check (f.k.a. Pageonce), a Palo Alto, Calif.–based mobile app for tracking and paying bills,  which used the domain name Check.me, raised $24 million in Series C funding. Menlo Ventures led the round, and was joined by return backers Morgenthaler Ventures and Pitango Venture Capital. This is the second example just from today how our post that the future of  Domaining ... read more ...
 
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.Org Registrations adult 13.6% in 1st Half of 2013 to 10.3 Million - Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain – today released the results of its bi-annual  domain name report, “The Dashboard,” detailing the international and domestic growth of .ORG from January to July 2013. Specifically, the report revealed that new .ORG registrations increased by 13.6 percent in the first half of 2013. Other findings from “The Dashboard” include: .ORG has reached 10.3 million domains under management (DUM) representing a net gain of ... read more ...
 
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CommonBond.Co Raises Over $100 Million - According to the Term Sheet, CommonBond, a New York-based student lending platform, has raised over $100 million in new equity and debt financing. Tribeca Venture Partners and The Social + Capital Partnership led the equity tranche, and were joined by Vikram Pandit (ex-Citi CEO), Tom Glocer (ex-Thomson Reuters CEO) and Tom Kalaris (ex-Barclays exec). The company’s website is commonbond.co CommonBond.com appears to be owned by a different company, CommonBond Communications. I know there are a bunch ... read more ...